Middlebury's Bread Loaf Mountain campus, nestled amid the Green Mountain National Forest in Ripton, Vermont, is home to two venerable programs: Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Bread Loaf School of English. Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference is the oldest writers' conference in America, convening yearly in mid-August. Bread Loaf School of English has offered a rich array of graduate courses in literature, the teaching of writing, creative writing, and theater arts to students from across...
Topics: Bread Loaf School of English, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Middlebury College, American...
This is a collection of campus newspapers and alumni newsletters, among other College publications, from the 19th Century to the present. Downloadable items include complete back issues of The Undergraduate, The Middlebury Campus, Middlebury College magazine, and more, currently held and maintained by Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives, Middlebury, Vt.
A collection of historic photos and other graphic materials documenting the history of Middlebury College and the surrounding community. Digitized from original materials held by Middlebury Special Collections, Middlebury, Vt.
Vermont Life magazine was a quarterly magazine, published by the State of Vermont, covering Vermont’s "people, places and culture." The state-owned magazine was founded in 1946 and ceased publication in the summer of 2018. Vermont Life was digitized from originals held by the State of Vermont, Middlebury College Special Collections, and the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library with funding support from the following: Davis Family Foundation, Middlebury College Friends of the Library,...
Topics: Vermont Life, magazine
A collection of archival texts - including letters, manuscripts, journals, and printed ephemera from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries - held and digitized by Middlebury College Special Collections.
Topics: Middlebury College, Manuscripts
One of the nation's great archival collections of New England folksong, folklore, and balladry, the Flanders Ballad Collection was the lifework of Helen Hartness Flanders (1890-1972), of Springfield, Vermont. Over the course of thirty years, and with the assistance of Marguerite Olney, Flanders gathered and preserved more than 4,800 field recordings of New England folksongs and ballads as sung by native Vermonters and other New Englanders. In May, 1941, she donated the collection to...
Topics: folksong, folklore, balladry, Middlebury College, New England, folksongs
Middlebury's varied athletic programs, including intercollegiate, club sports, intramurals, physical education courses, and recreation have created opportunities for all students regardless of their background or level of expertise for over two centuries. Our growing archive documents baseball, football, skiing, track and field, Quadball (formerly Quidditch), archery, hiking, sailing, logrolling, and more.
Topics: College athletics, Athletes, NESCAC, NCAA, Middlebury College
Among the many historical items in Middlebury College's Vermont Collection are over 1,100 photographic postcards from depicting landscapes, structures, disasters, and daily life in early 20th Century Vermont. Many of Vermont's towns and villages are represented in the collection, and we are proud to share digitized versions of these important historic images via the Internet Archive. For more information about any of the items in the collection, please contact Middlebury College Special...
This collection contains copies of the Middlebury Kaleidoscope – Middlebury College’s yearbook – digitized by Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives, Middlebury, Vt.
A complete archive of Middlebury College course catalogs starting in 1804, from Middlebury College Special Collections, Middlebury, Vt.
Topic: course catalogs
The Julian W. Abernethy Library of American Literature was bequeathed to Middlebury College in 1923, upon the death of Julian W. Abernethy, Class of 1876, College Trustee from 1901-1923. A distinguished teacher and scholar of American and British literature, Abernethy was an avid bibliophile and during his lifetime amassed an extraordinary collection of first editions, collected works, critical editions, and original manuscripts by the most notable men and women in American letters from the...
Topics: Transcendentalism, American writers, Manuscripts, Literature, Middlebury College
Contains items related to Vermont’s railroads and their history from Middlebury College Special Collections and Archives' collections of rare books, historical photos, and ephemera.
Topics: Railroads, Vermont, Middlebury College
The Robinson Family letters from Rokeby Museum represent several generations of Quaker families in Vermont, especially the Robinsons - a family of farmers, abolitionists, artists, and authors whose home in Ferrisburgh is now a National Historic Landmark and one of the best-documented Underground Railroad sites in the country. The letters concern personal, farming, and business matters relating to the various families, and major political and social issues of their times, including abolitionism,...
Topics: Rokeby Museum, Robinson Family papers, Abolitionism, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865,...
Historic photographs from the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, originally presented in 'A Walking History of Middlebury' by Glenn M. Andres. This digital image collection is hosted by Middlebury College Special Collections, Middlebury, Vt.
Topics: Middlebury, Vt.,, Photographs
The Middlebury College Digital Lecture Archive includes video of lectures and events from Middlebury College. Lectures and addresses included in this collection have been delivered by speakers from many institutions on a variety of critical topics, and are made available whenever possible via the Internet Archive and other online platforms.
Topics: Lectures, Commencement speeches, Middlebury College
These 19th and Early 20th Century maps of Vermont and the surrounding region have been scanned from original documents in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College. For more information about any of the items in the collection, please contact Middlebury College Special Collections and Archives at specialcollections@middlebury.edu .
This is a collection of publications, photos, video, and other archival content documenting the long and rich history of the Middlebury Language Schools, which have taken place during 6 to 8 week long summer sessions each year since 1915. Items in this collection are digitized versions of objects currently held by Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives, Middlebury, Vt.
As part of Middlebury College Special Collections' commitment to preserving and providing access to a complex record of student life, we are sharing a selection of 19th-21st Century primary documents related to student activism at Middlebury. We hope that the items in this collection contribute to a more complete history of the College, its student body, the broader communities in which they reside, and the rich - and sometimes controversial - history of political and cultural...
Topic: student activism
The Hemingway Family Archive at Middlebury College joins Hemingway archives in more than 75 private and institutional collections, the most distinguished of which include those at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Compiled by writer Leicester Hemingway (1915-1982), the younger brother of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), our physical collection contains more than 1,600...
A collection of documents detailing the planning, foundation, and historical transformations of Middlebury Chapel. Middlebury removed the name “Mead” from its chapel in 2021 because of Governor John A. Mead’s role in advancing eugenics policy in the early 20th century. Mead graduated from Middlebury in 1864. The building is now referred to as Middlebury Chapel.
Topics: Middlebury College, Middlebury Chapel, Mead Chapel, Historical buildings, Campus buildings, Churches
93 p. ; 18 cm.
Topic: Poetry
Source: RBMS
v. : ill.
Topics: 28cm., Middlebury College, Middlebury College Magazine, College newspapers
Source: College Archives
Dorm room in Hadley Hall belonging to Christina Puchinelli, Class of 2019.
Topics: Middlebury College, Hadley Hall, Student life, Campus buildings, College students, Dormitories
Source: S6 photo file
v. : ill.
Topics: 28cm., Middlebury College, Middlebury College Magazine, College newspapers
Source: College Archives
Dorm room in Hepburn Hall belonging to Kyle Schlanger, Class of 2018.
Topics: Middlebury College, Hepburn Hall, Student life, Campus buildings, College students, Dormitories
Source: S6 photo file
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Topics: Vermont Life Magazine, Vermont, Vermont – Periodicals, Magazines, Tourism
Source: RBMS
Dorm room in Hadley Hall belonging to Anonymous student, Class of 2019.
Topics: Middlebury College, Hadley Hall, Student life, Campus buildings, College students, Dormitories
Source: S6 photo file
Dorm room in Battell belonging to Anonymous student, Class of 2018.
Topics: Middlebury College, Battell Hall, Student life, Campus buildings, College students, Dormitories
Source: S6 photo file
v. : ill.
Topics: 28cm., Middlebury College, Middlebury College Magazine, College newspapers
Source: College Archives
20x11 cm. First Line: "A Soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers" This is a scanned copy of the original broadside in the Helen Hartness Flanders Collection at Middlebury College.
Topics: Helen Hartness Flanders, Broadsides, Folk music, Folksongs, Ballads, New England
Source: Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection
View of 54 College Street (1815) when it was occupied by Lyons Place, 1979. This building was constructed by Jonathon Hagar on the site of the Vallette Block and moved to this site in 1863.
Topics: Middlebury (Vt.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Commercial buildings--Vermont--Middlebury,...
Source: Irion Collection, Stewart-Swift Research Center at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History
Topics: College newspapers, Middlebury College, Middlebury College Newsletter, 1965
Source: College Archives
Program for the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty on October 28, 1886. Includes the first appearance of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "The Bartholdi Statue, " p. 61-62. This is a scanned version of the original document in the Abernethy Pamphlets Collection at Middlebury College.
Topics: Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892, Poem, Abernethy Pamphlets Collection
Source: Abernethy Pamphlets Collection
Dorm room in Pearsons belonging to Amy Tat, Class of 2018.
Topics: Middlebury College, Pearsons Hall, Student life, Campus buildings, College students, Dormitories
Source: S6 photo file
v. : ill.
Topics: 28cm., Middlebury College, Middlebury College Magazine, College newspapers
Source: College Archives
View of the John Warren House (1805) at 88 Main Street, ca. 1860s.
Topics: Middlebury (Vt.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Middlebury (Vt.), Addison County (Vt.), Main Street...
Source: General Collection, Stewart-Swift Research Center at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History
Topics: College newspapers, Middlebury College, Middlebury College Newsletter, 1969
Source: College Archives
Robert Frost and Anne Sexton at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1959. Individuals in the photograph include, from left to right, Elizabeth Baker, Irene Orgel, Robert Frost, Anne Sexton, and George Lea.
Topics: Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, American poets, Poets, Photographs, Middlebury College, Ripton...
Source: F8 photo file
Color; views of campus in winter incl. snow sculptures; Sugaring Off Party 0:33; “Commencement” 2:55 behind Forest Hall and in front of Middlebury Chapel; various views of people on campus and students in class/studying; students on Battell Beach 6:18 with name tags; faculty at Bread Loaf 6:53, playing tennis and football 7:55; military vehicles and tanks at Bread Loaf 8:25, on campus; various shots of students studying, in airplane, theater,cartoons, dancing, band, tug-of-war, three-legged...
Topics: Middlebury College, 16mm film clips
View of the Vallette Block (1863) at 86 Main Street. The John Warren House is visible on the left.
Topics: Middlebury (Vt.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Commercial buildings--Vermont--Middlebury, Main...
Source: Oversized Collection, Stewart-Swift Research Center at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History
Students pose in front of KDR house at 48 South Street, Middlebury, Vermont. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Topics: KDR, Kappa Delta Rho, Student activities
Source: A12 photo file
View of Ilsley Library (1923) on Main Street, 1979.
Topics: Middlebury (Vt.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Library buildings--Vermont--Middlebury, Public...
Source: Irion Collection, Stewart-Swift Research Center at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History
v. : ill.
Topics: 28cm., Middlebury College, Middlebury College Magazine, College newspapers
Source: College Archives
View of Storrs-Turner House (1832) at 93 Main Steet, ca. 1950.
Topics: Middlebury (Vt.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Main Street (Middlebury, Vt.), Middlebury (Vt.),...
Source: General, Stewart-Swift Research Center at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History
Topics: Middlebury College, Yearbooks, College archives
Source: College Archives
Middlebury College New Faces for the Class of 1982. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Topics: Middlebury College, College freshmen, First-year students, Photographs, New Faces
Source: A10 New Faces
View of the Hayward Block (1815), also known as the Hagar Warehouse, College Street, 1979.
Topics: Middlebury (Vt.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Hayward Block (Middlebury, Vt.), Middlebury (Vt.),...
Source: Irion Collection, Stewart-Swift Research Center at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History
View of 1 College Street when it was occupied by Emilo's Delicatessen, 1979. Formerly occupied by a gas station, later a bakery.
Topics: Middlebury (Vt.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Commercial buildings--Vermont--Middlebury,...
Source: Irion Collection, Stewart-Swift Research Center at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History
Winter Carnival poster.
Topics: Middlebury College, Student activities, Posters, Winter Carnival, Events
Source: S6 photo file
Images scanned from negatives. Negative size is 2x2 (120 roll film)
Topics: Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Events, Photographs, College faculty, Alumni and...
Source: A10 PF
Printed pamphlet containing letters written to Governor Henry S. Wise of Virginia and Mrs. Mason, wife of Senator James Mason of Virginia on the subject of John Brown. This is a scanned version of the original document in the Abernethy Collection at Middlebury College.
Topics: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880, Correspondence, Abernethy Manuscripts Collection
Source: Abernethy Pamphlets Collection
v. : ill.
Topics: 28cm., Middlebury College, Middlebury College Magazine, College newspapers
Source: College Archives
Dorm room in Hadley Hall belonging to Jenna Flug, Class of 2019.
Topics: Middlebury College, Hadley Hall, Student life, Campus buildings, College students, Dormitories
Source: S6 photo file
Dorm room in Gifford Hall belonging to Timo van der Geese, Class of 2018.
Topics: Middlebury College, Gifford Hall, Student life, Campus buildings, College students, Dormitories
Source: S6 photo file
Images scanned from print contact sheets. Negative size is 2x2 (120 roll film)
Topics: Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Events, Photographs, College faculty, Alumni and...
Source: A10 PF
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Topics: Vermont Life Magazine, Vermont, Vermont – Periodicals, Magazines, Tourism
Source: RBMS
View of Starr Library reading room, ca. 1910.
Topics: Middlebury (Vt.)--Buildings, structures, etc., College buildings--Vermont, Middlebury College....
Source: photograph album 1970.08, Stewart-Swift Research Center at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History
v. : ill.
Topics: 28cm., Middlebury College, Middlebury College Magazine, College newspapers
Source: College Archives
Mailed to Mrs. Alma Notemyer in Jeffersonville, Vermont. Postmarked Oct. 4, 1908. Railroad station in St. Albans, Vermont, with two steam locomotives and a passenger car in front
Topics: Railroad stations, Saint Albans, Postcards
Source: Vermont Postcards collection
v. : ill.
Topics: 28cm., Middlebury College, Middlebury College Magazine, College newspapers
Source: College Archives
Middlebury College New Faces for the Class of 1986. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Topics: Middlebury College, College freshmen, First-year students, Photographs, New Faces
Source: A10 New Faces
Topics: Middlebury College, Athletics, College Sports, Hockey, Men’s hockey, Photographs, Athletes,...
snowy winter campus views; ice rink in front of McCullough gymnasium; Pearsons Hall and other buildings before construction of Forest Hall; students walking up to Middlebury Chapel; 00:50 "the student body and faulty turn out for the annual picture" (October 29, 1930 photo); students with 1932 and 1933 sweaters; faculty together including President Moody; "Vermont vs. Middlebury, Porter Field, Nov. 15, 1930" football game footage Copied from reel to reel 16mm film shelved in...
Topics: Middlebury College, 16mm film clips
v. : ill.
Topics: 28cm., Middlebury College, Middlebury College Magazine, College newspapers
Source: College Archives
Images scanned from mixed folder of photographic prints, slides, & negatives. Negative sizes are 3.25x4.5 and 35mm
Topics: Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Events, Photographs, College faculty, Alumni and...
Source: A10 PF
Robert Frost (left) and Middlebury College President Paul Dwight Moody in front of the Little Theatre on Bread Loaf campus during Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, August 1941.
Topics: Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Frost, Robert, Faculty & students
Source: A10 photo file (MCNB)
Portrait of Middlebury alum Ezra J. Warner, class of 1861.
Topics: Middlebury College, Middlebury alumni, Portraits, College archives, Alumni and alumnae
Source: A9 photo file
Topics: Middlebury College, Athletics, College Sports, Hockey, Men’s hockey, Photographs, Athletes,...
Images scanned from negatives. Negative size is 2x2 (120 roll film)
Topics: Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Events, Photographs, College faculty, Alumni and...
Source: A10 PF
Images scanned from negatives. Negative size is 2x2 (120 roll film)
Topics: Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Events, Photographs, College faculty, Alumni and...
Source: A10 PF
Middlebury College New Faces for the Class of 1983. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Topics: Middlebury College, College freshmen, First-year students, Photographs, New Faces
Source: A10 New Faces
Dedé Mirabal Reyes and Minou Tavárez Mirabal are descendants of the Mirabal family, activists whose history of resistance to Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic during the 1960s made them worldwide symbols of political resistance. Their story is told in Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of the Butterflies. On November 25, 1960, Trujillo’s operatives killed the sisters, Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa Mirabal, for their involvement in efforts to overthrow his...
Topics: Women, Violence against women, Dominican Republic, Lectures, Middlebury College
Source: Digital Lecture Archive, Middlebury College Special Collections, Middlebury, Vt.
Middlebury College New Faces for the Class of 1978. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Topics: Middlebury College, College freshmen, First-year students, Photographs, New Faces
Source: A10 New Faces
Constitution of the Philomathesian Society, a student literary society, of Middlebury College.
Topics: Middlebury College, Literary societies, Student organizations, Books and reading
Source: S-1
scenes near the village green with fall foliage; people gathering in front of Munroe, red ivy on Painter, Old Chapel; students in formal clothes with name tags in receiving line in Maud O'Mason's garden?; students exit Middlebury Chapel include an African American student, more red ivy on Old Stone Row, various shots of people on sidewalk with fallen leaves; 04:13 sign welcoming alumni, switch to black and white, alumni at tables, marching band, audience in bleachers; 05:39 switch back to color...
Topics: Middlebury College, 16mm film clips
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